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NITED TATS MICHAEL J. MCHUGH, OF PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND.

PRINTERS GALLEY.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 691,657, dated January 21, 1902.

Application filed October 21,1901. Serial No. 79,335. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MICHAEL J. MOHUGH, a citizen of the United States, residing at Providence, in the county of Providence and State of Rhode Island, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Printers Galleys, of which the following is a specification.

This invention has reference to an improvement in printers galleys in which the type set up in the type-setters stick is arranged in a column and locked, so that the proof may be printed. As heretofore constructed the galley was provided with a loose locking-bar, which was forced against one edge of the column of type and secured to firmly hold the type. I have designed a printers galley in which the locking-bar is hinged to the galley and is locked by means of a cam rock-shaft. A yielding strip is secured to the locking-bar to bear against the type, as will be more fully described hereinafter and more particularly pointed out in the claims.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved printers galley. Fig. 2 is an end view ofthe same. Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional View of the galley, showing the locking-loar in solid lines in the locked position and in broken lines in the open position.

In the drawings, aindicatesthe bed-plate, Z) the fixed side wall, I) b the end walls, and c the locking-bar, of the galley. The lockingbar when in the locked position (shown in Fig. 3) has the vertical rear face 0, the vertical front face 0 on the upper portion of the bar, and the beveled face'c The locking-bar c has the rearward-extending rib 0% on its lower edge. This rib extendsbeyond the ends of the locking-bar. The projections are rounded to form pivots, which extend into and loosely fit holes in the end walls I) b, so that the clamping-bar may be swung back on the rear pivots sufficiently to allow the type to be arranged in the galley. The upper portion of the face 0 is recessed to receive the strip of elastic material 0 and the strip of metal 0, secured by screws, the heads of The rock-shaft d, provided with a series of cams d, is journaled in the end walls b 1). One end extends through the end wall and is provided with the operating-lever 01 Two or more thrust-blocks e e, secured to the bed a, form rigid bearings for the rock-bar and prevent it from springing under great strain.

When the galley is being filled with type, the rock-shaft is turned back and the lockingbar is swung backward into the position shown in Fig. 3 in broken lines, which gives, by virtue of the undercut face a ample space for the arrangement of the type. When the type is to be locked, the lockingbar 0 is swung forward against the edge of the type. The rock-bar. d is now swung, bringing the cams d 61 against the rear face 0 of the rockbar and forcing the same against the type until the cams d bear on the rib 0 when the cams are in the locked position. The metal strip 0 cushioned on the elastic strip 0 will yield to slight irregularities in the edge of the type and secure a firm grip on the same. The lever d may be of sufficient length to secure any pressure required on the lockingbar. I

As in my improved printers galley the parts are all connected with the galley, the type may be locked and proof taken as soon as the galley is filled.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. A printers galley, having a locking-bar pivotally secured to the galley and a rocking cam-bar also pivotally secured to the galley, as described.

2. A printers galley, a locking-bar having a cushioned strip of metal on its inner upper face, and an undercut surface on its lower inner face, said locking-bar being pivotally connected with the galley, as described.

3. In a printers galley, the combination with the bed a, the side wall I), and the end walls I) b, of the pivoted locking-bar c, the rock-shaft d, the cams d d, the lever d and the thrust-block 6, whereby the lock-bar may be released or looked, as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

MICHAEL J. MOI-IUGH. Witnesses:

J. A. MILLER, J r.,

ADA E. HAGERTY. 

